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July 4th

Some thoughts about independence from 1789

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Jason Steinhauer
Jul 01, 2021
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No History Club this week; we’re preparing for the holiday weekend here in the U.S.

Before our live show in New York last week, a few of us reminisced about July 4th celebrations. That got me curious: how was the Fourth of July celebrated in the early American republic, just after independence?

To answer this fully would be a much longer project—one whic…

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